Basic Principles of Sustainable Development

This paper will appear in The Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Portions of the paper will also appear in Jonathan Harris, Timothy Wise, Kevin Gallagher and Neva Goodwin eds., A Survey of Sustainable Development: Social and Economic Dimensions, Volume 6 in the series Frontier Issues in Economic Thought (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2001).